diff --git a/nexus/src/app/instance.rs b/nexus/src/app/instance.rs
index 0f79ace564..ed0a8443b9 100644
--- a/nexus/src/app/instance.rs
+++ b/nexus/src/app/instance.rs
@@ -1868,13 +1868,6 @@ pub(crate) async fn process_vmm_update(
 
     // If an instance-update saga must be executed as a result of this update,
     // prepare and return it.
-    //
-    // It's safe to fetch the VMM record to get the instance ID at this point
-    // even though the VMM may now be Destroyed, because the record itself won't
-    // be deleted until the instance update saga retires it. If this update
-    // marked the VMM as Destroyed and then the fetch failed, then another
-    // update saga has already observed what this routine published, so there's
-    // no need to schedule another saga.
     if instance_update::update_saga_needed(
         &opctx.log,
         propolis_id,